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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • tina_coly2@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: tina coly <tina_coly2@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:09:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: hello



Hello
I am Miss Tina
I am single. but right now am in Dakar Senegal both in West Part of Africa.However How are you? hope you are fine and in perfect condition of health.I went through your profile and i read it and took intersest in it,if you don't mind i will like to know you much better,although i came online to look for a true and loving man that is ready for a true,honest and loving relationship,a man who understands the meaning of love as trust and faith in each other rather than one who sees love as a way of fun, a matured man who know the vission of what the world is all about.please write me a mail now at my box tina_coly2@yahoo.com
so that i will tell you all about myself and a picture of myself.looking forward to hear from you thanks and God bless . Best Regard, tina


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